Whether you chose to give out candy or take small people trick-or-treating, you will no doubt find yourself in possession of some amount of Halloween candy on November 1st. You could shovel it into your mouth mindlessly, dole out a piece each day and make it last until Christmas (my mom’s favorite), or you could take…

Maybe you’ve spent the past month spreading faux cobwebs over your fireplace, creating the perfect Halloween playlist, and counting down the days to the most wonderful holiday of the year. Or maybe you woke up this morning, realized it’s October 31st, and thought, ‘Oh, perhaps I should be festive?’ If you have Google…

This Halloween, a Canadian town has banned trick-or-treating for anyone over 16, a “relaxed” update to its previous age limit of 14. Those who break the rule could be slapped with a $200 fine, though how that will ever be enforced remains unclear. (“ID, please.” Looks Batman up and down. “Okay, here is your packet of…

The cautionary reports seem to resurface every year just before Halloween: “Don’t let your little ghouls and boys be tricked—with poisoned candy that could kill them! Stay tuned for the full story on News at 11.” I’ve heard the same warnings ever since I was a kid trying to breathe through a plastic Big Bird mask.

Your jack-o’-lantern looks so good, bright and orange next to your front door, harbinger of the season, home to a flickering tea light at night. Or does it? Has it started, maybe, to shrivel and shrink? Is it perhaps a tiny bit stinky? Even if it’s still looking good, what assurance do you have that it will make it to…

Contacts with cat pupils or neon colors can be fun, but are you sure you want to put a piece of plastic from a costume store into your eye? We’ve got some tips from the American Optometric Association on how to look cool at parties without getting a raging eye infection.

Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video have tons of great horror movies for your viewing pleasure, but sometimes you just want the classics. These are all the old school favorites available right now.

As we approach Halloween, there will be much talk of making your own Snickers or DIY-ing candy corn. I usually leave that stuff alone, as the Snickers bar has already been perfected. If I’m going to make my own candy, I want it to be unique, special, and—why not?—boozy.

It’s that special time of year again when everyone is looking for a good scary story. And though podcasts more often conjure up the images of gentle interviews with creative types and soothing NPR voices, more shows are moving into the territory of old-school radio plays, producing unsettling (and addictive) stories…

Halloween is a holiday many kids eagerly anticipate, and besides the candy, a big part of the fun is putting together their all-important costume. If you’re inclined to go the DIY route, below are a mix of trendy and classic costumes you can make with your kids, no matter their age.

Watching a horror flick with a scaredy cat can be a major bummer for both parties, but it doesn’t have to be that way. These tips will make all that horror more digestible for your fearful friends and family.

Halloween means candy, and that means stress for parents of kids with food allergies. It’s sad to have to take away the bag of trick-or-treating loot from your little ninja turtle, who worked so hard gathering it with his buddies Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael.

Candy is either the best or second-best part of a kid’s Halloween, depending on how much they love costumes. But what do you do when your kid brings home mountains of gut-busting, tooth-rotting sugar? Here are your options for shrinking the pile without sucking all the fun out of the holiday.

This week we’re celebrating Halloween with some spooky stories, a trick-or-treat safety video from the 70s, endangered dog breeds and the market forces behind them, and why those preview ads before movies are called “trailers.”